Supreme Court: 24-hour detention clock starts from liberty curtailment, not formal arrest
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The Supreme Court ruled that the 24-hour deadline to produce a detained person before a magistrate begins when their liberty is first curtailed, not when formal arrest is recorded. The court emphasized this deadline is sacrosanct even under special laws like UAPA and PMLA, with only travel time to court excludable from the calculation.
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24-hour arrest clock starts from detention, not formal arrest: Supreme Court (opens Times of India in a new tab)
Supreme Court ends distinction between detention and arrest, says 24-hour clock starts when liberty is curtailed (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
SC made clear that the 24-hour deadline is sacrosanct and even a person detained for search and seizure must be produced before a magistrate within that period.
24-hour to produce before Magistrate starts from detention, not ‘formal arrest’: Supreme Court (opens The Hindu in a new tab)
The Court said fundamental rights trumped even over special laws like UAPA, PMLA, in which the right to bail was heavily restricted
SC rules 24-hour arrest deadline begins from detention, not formal arrest (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
Supreme Court's Big Remark On 'Arrest', 'Detention' And 24-Hour Deadline (opens NDTV in a new tab)
The verdict that the only period that can be excluded while computing the 24-hour deadline is the time reasonably required to travel from the place of arrest to the magistrate's court.
SC cracks down on delayed arrests, says 24-hour clock starts from detention (opens Times of India in a new tab)
